Thursday 21 February 2013

UK gas prices to rise, says regulator http://www.energy-broker.co.uk/uk-gas-prices-to-rise-says-regulator/

The outgoing chief of Britain’s energy regulator has warned of higher gas prices, while saying that renewable sourcs of energy cannot deliver in current economic conditions.

Alistair Buchanan, head of Ofgem (Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets), said Britain will have to import more gas to meet its energy needs, and much of this will be relatively expensive imports from Europe and Russia.

Buchanan told the BBC that Britain “would be very tight on power station capacity in three to five years time.”

“We’re going to have to go shopping in world markets at a time when they will be very tight [on supplies] themselves,” he said.

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UK gas prices to rise, says regulator

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